Press
Sakhi has a long relationship with the press – particularly the ethnic or community press. We believe that the press plays a vital role in providing information and provoking dialogue in our communities. We see the press as our allies in raising awareness about domestic violence and look for new, innovative, and mutually constructive ways to work together.
Press Contact
For all press inquiries, please contact the Community Outreach Department at communityoutreach@sakhi.org or 212-714-9153×100.
Sakhi Fact Sheets
To view fact sheets on Sakhi, various program initiatives, and general information, please click on the links below:
Sakhi Exists to End Domestic Violence
Faith-Based Initiative
Sakhi Achievements
Carrying on its strong and innovative tradition of effectively working to end domestic violence, Sakhi for South Asian Women made great strides in its program areas in recent years. To see all of our achievements, please click here.
Some of Sakhi’s key successes include:
- Developing a new mission statement and our first 3-year strategic plan;
- Responding to our highest volume of new requests for assistance ever, 731 (for a statistical breakdown of our new calls by country of origin and geographic location.
- Producing a groundbreaking report on the first national survey of court interpreters (a summary of the findings can be viewed online).
- Scaling up our survivor grants for economic empowerment to self-sufficiency by 50% and offering discretionary funding to alleviate barriers such as childcare and transportations costs. Since 2003 Sakhi has disseminated 45 grants to 30 individuals. 12 of these survivors have completed programs and 14 are employed;
- Opening our first computer lab for survivors and providing 75 hours of computer training via one-to-one assistance and group workshops;
- Beginning direct services and support groups based in Richmond Hill, Queens to respond to an underserved community;
- Being featured as experts in 36 presentations at venues including the American Public Health Association Annual Conference and the National Legal Aid & Public Defenders Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. ;
- Incorporating 70 volunteers and interns into our program activities for a total contribution of more than 1 year and 7 months in donated time and active community engagement in our work to end violence; and,
- Serving an average of more than 17,000 unique users to our website each month.
To see our 2007 Achievements, please see this PDF.
Recent Press Coverage
Purvi On the Brian Lehrer Show Addressing the Asylum Issue
Obama Allows Asylum for Battered Women
Sakhi and Jahajee Sisters Unite to Empower Survivors of Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence and the Indian Diaspora in Heaven on Earth
Sakhi’s National Court Interpreter Survey Results Are Out
A Woman’s Friend Speaks
Friend of Desperate Housewives
Joy of Giving: Need a Sakhi?
Attorneys offer pro bono services to end violence against women
Pakistani Rape Victim Comes to US to Speak Out for Women’s Rights
Forum on Domestic Violence Attracts Capacity Crowd
State Hearing Puts a Focus on Suicide in 2 Ethnic Groups
Sakhi speaks out against Domestic Violence in the Guyana Journal
Open to interpretation – article in City Limits
April 5 forum on court interpretation in NY Law Journal and NewsIndia Times
